Tuya Golden Globe (Golden Globe) - description
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Evergreen shrubs are very popular among modern summer residents. This is explained by their unpretentious care and spectacular appearance, which persists throughout the year. Thuja Golden Glob belongs to such plants. This variety is grown in most Russian regions as a decoration for gardens and flower beds.
Tuya Golden Globe (Golden Globe)
Thuja Western Golden Globe (Latin - Occidentalis Golden Globe) is a highly decorative coniferous shrub with bright, unusual shade of needles. This plant is used to decorate summer cottages, containers for landscaping terraces, public areas and parks.
The compact ball-shaped crown, golden needles and unpretentiousness make the thuja of this variety a favorite plant of many gardeners, regardless of their experience.
Thuja Golden Glob appearance
Description and characteristics
Golden Globe is a member of the Cypress family. This evergreen, undersized, spherical shrub grows up to 1 meter in height and diameter.
Annual growth is only about 8-10 cm. Thuja bark is brown. Sometimes there are plants with a reddish tint. In the middle of the crown, the needles have a deep green color. As for the shoots from above, in summer they acquire a golden hue, and in winter they become orange-copper.
Use in landscape design
You can most often meet this "golden ball" in gardens and parks. Landings are both single and group. To make the composition attractive and aesthetically pleasing, gardeners recommend combining the plant with other varieties of thuja, which are distinguished by dark green needles.
You can often find private houses, on both sides of which thuja are planted. With their help, hedges are created, which are distinguished by a unique and attractive appearance. It is not recommended to alternate Golden Globe with shrubs, the crown of which has an elongated shape.
The plant is perfectly combined with spherical bushes of the same height and diameter.
Thuja Golden Globe in landscape design
History of appearance
The cultivar appeared as a result of mutation of thuja western Vudwari. The plant was brought from the United States by the agricultural technician F. Grothendorst.
Thanks to this man in the Netherlands, the ephedra got its current name. The plant first appeared on sale in 1963.
Tuya Golden Globd: planting and care
Thuja Western Golden Globe should be planted in spring or early autumn. Based on the size of the root system of the seedlings, planting pits are prepared in advance.
If seedlings are purchased from nurseries, they are mainly sold in containers. For such planting material, it is enough to dig a hole with a depth and diameter ranging from 60 to 80 cm.
How to choose one when buying
Experienced gardeners recommend purchasing planting material with a closed root system for planting. Such seedlings tolerate the transplanting process more easily, and their adaptation to new conditions is faster.
Thuja seedlings Golden Globe
Site selection and soil preparation
Thuya Gold Glob, as it is also called, is classified as a plant that is undemanding to the soil. But, despite this, she feels comfortable in light loamy soil. This is what should be taken into account when choosing a place of growth. The plant feels better on a hill than in lowlands, where a lot of moisture accumulates.
Before planting thuja Occidentalis Golden Globe, it is necessary to apply complex mineral fertilizers to the previously prepared soil.
Features of correct landing and transplantation
Before planting the plant, it is recommended to pour a large amount of water into the container with the planting material. When preparing the hole, it must be borne in mind that it should be at least one and a half times the diameter of the container in which the plant is located.
When planting a plant, you need to make sure that the root collar does not go deeper, but is at ground level. After planting, the seedling must be thoroughly watered with plenty of water, and the trunk circle must be mulched.
Care during the growing season
Novice gardeners can independently familiarize themselves with the agricultural technology of growing Golden spherical thuja in any appropriate reference book.
Plants are considered unpretentious and do not require special and laborious care. But still, in order to achieve maximum beauty from the thuja, it is required to provide it with:
- regular watering;
- top dressing;
- mulching;
- pruning.
Water the plant regularly and in moderation. Thuja can easily survive a short drought, but as for excess moisture, in this case, its roots will instantly begin to rot. To prevent this, it is necessary to keep the soil around the plant slightly moist.
Top dressing
Usually, if starting fertilizers are introduced into the ground during planting, then there is no need to fertilize the soil during the first year. Subsequently, it is necessary to add mineral preparations and organic fertilizing once a year to give the plant an attractive and healthy appearance.
Pruning
Thuja does not require formative pruning, since the natural form of the plant is quite attractive.
Features of winter care
As in the case of the thuja varieties Brabant, Smaragd, Taffet, Miriam and others, Golden Globe perfectly tolerates winter and does not require special care during this period in regions with a temperate and warm climate.
Thuja Golden Globe in winter
Only young seedlings are carefully prepared for winter. For this, the plant is abundantly watered, after which the soil is mulched, the branches are tied up and covered with burlap, the remains of vegetation or spruce branches.
How Tuya Golden Glob reproduces
The easiest way to reproduce is by cuttings. Planting material is prepared in summer. To do this, the cutting is cut from a strong vertical shoot, which is located inside the crown.
The branches are treated with a growth stimulant and planted in loose soil. The planting material is covered with foil and sprayed daily until rooting.
Possible growing problems
Thuja Golden Globe is described as a plant resistant to pests and diseases. But, despite this, it can be affected by fungi. This is most often due to excess moisture.
Golden Globe is one of the most amazing, beautiful and sought-after varieties. It can grow and develop well in almost any Russian region. It does not require complex maintenance and helps to create attractive and aesthetic compositions in parks, gardens and flower beds.
